Verb: purloin pur'loyn [N. Amer], pur'loyn or pu'loyn [Brit]
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Take by theft
"He was going to purloin the phone someone had left behind";
- hook [informal], snitch [informal], thieve, cop [informal], knock off [informal], glom [N. Amer, informal], boost [N. Amer, informal], pilfer, cabbage [archaic, informal], pinch [Brit, informal], abstract [informal], snarf [N. Amer, informal], swipe [informal], sneak [informal], filch [informal], nobble [Brit, informal], lift [informal], nick [Brit, informal], snatch [informal], whip [Brit, informal], blag [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: purloined, purloining, purloins